Mormon millennials
Are double ear piercings and sleeveless tops OK now for Mormon teens?
By Jana Riess — October 5, 2022
(RNS) — The LDS church just backed off telling Mormon teens what not to wear.
If Mormons could just hang out in the church building
By Jana Riess — May 14, 2021
(RNS) — LDS leaders want members to view the church building as a genuine 'third place' in their lives. But it's hard for the church to surrender control and let organic community activities develop outside the chain of command.
Mormons still heavily committed to GOP despite Trump effect, according to Pew study
By Jana Riess — October 29, 2019
(RNS) — Seven in 10 U.S. Mormons still support the Republican Party, despite church members' much lower approval of the president.
Today’s Mormon missionaries: Clingy, soft, and immature?
By Jana Riess — February 18, 2019
Some reactions to last week's announcement about Mormon missionaries can be summed up in three words, delivered in your crankiest and most stereotyped elderly male voice: “In MY day. . . .”
GenX Mormons: The forgotten generation
By Jana Riess — January 22, 2019
GenX Mormons in the United States are the quintessential middle child between the bigger-than-life Baby Boomers and their Millennial kids. And if you're blaming Millennials for certain changes in the Church, well, GenXers started it.
Mormon women missionaries can now wear pants! But not to church.
By Jana Riess — December 21, 2018
Mormon female missionaries can now wear pants for much of their work, but not to church -- which is in keeping with a long-standing cultural tradition that women still wear dresses and skirts to church.
In praise of single Mormons
By Jana Riess — October 10, 2018
Dallin Oaks wants young adult Mormons to hurry up and get married. But I think many single Millennials are delaying marriage for excellent reasons.
More Mormon missionaries are coming home early, study shows
By Jana Riess — September 26, 2018
A growing number of Mormons who serve a mission wind up coming home early, a national study shows. What is going on?
The Mormon kids are all right
By Jana Riess — September 7, 2018
Yes, Mormon Millennials are leaving the LDS Church at higher rates than previous generations. But there's also a lot of reason for hope.
Study shows young adult Mormons are most likely generation to tithe (but there’s a catch)
By Jana Riess — December 26, 2016
Surprise: Mormon Millennials are a little more likely to be full tithe-payers than older Mormons are -- but there's a twist in how they define income.
Most US Mormons approve of church’s LGBT exclusion policy, study shows
By Jana Riess — October 28, 2016
(RNS) One year after the LDS Church banned children of same-sex marriages from baptism and baby blessings, most current Mormons agree with the policy -- and most former Mormons hate it.
Worldwide, only 25 percent of young single Mormons are active in the LDS Church
By Jana Riess — October 5, 2016
A leaked video of a behind-closed-doors 2008 meeting of the LDS Church's top leaders revealed some startling statistics about the Church's youngest adult members.
The Next Mormons: Who are the Millennials, and what do they want?
By Jana Riess — July 15, 2016
Today I'm launching a Kickstarter campaign to support The Next Mormons survey -- a major national survey of four generations of Latter-Day Saints. I hope you'll choose to participate by making a donation and spreading the word.
What a Presbyterian professor is teaching me about the culture wars
By Jana Riess — May 11, 2016
(RNS) "Don’t blame Jesus or the Jewish prophets or the whole of any sacred tradition for the bad and limited reading of that tradition which hurt you," says writer David Dark.
Are Mormons in their 20s and 30s leaving the LDS Church?
By Jana Riess — April 14, 2016
More young adults appear to be leaving the Mormon fold, but the rate of their exodus is less severe than their peers in the Millennial generation.
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